DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/17 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.2 - - 66.0 - - 69.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -1 - - -13 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 192 - - 48 - - 638 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 920 - - 921 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1081 - - 937 - - 1527 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1589 - - 1263 - - 1428 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 44 - - 0 - - 49 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 14 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 132 - - 191 - - 264 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -734 - - 0 - - 589 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1815 - - 937 - - 938 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5746 - - -857 - - -48 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6827 - - 1794 - - 1575 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 170 - - 1060 - - 1270 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.2 - - 66.0 - - 69.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.9 - - 65.2 - - 67.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 61.5 - - 66.6 - - 69.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.0 - - 65.3 - - 67.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -1 - - -13 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 192 - - 48 - - 638 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 14 - - 15 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99064 29 089 23 098 20 081 99064 91501 22 111 19 099 18 083 91501 85681 16 097 20 096 17 076 85681 80888 12 085 20 080 17 089 80888 76772 14 089 14 070 16 088 76772 73132 11 087 6 123 6 053 73132 69832 8 102 10 135 3 204 69832 66787 5 017 3 032 3 005 66787 63962 10 284 11 294 11 335 63962 61242 11 269 18 285 22 288 61242 58415 14 292 22 281 27 284 58415 55482 26 290 33 285 41 279 55482 52680 31 294 37 278 49 270 52680 50140 45 290 39 289 47 270 50140 47851 45 285 57 286 47 283 47851 45772 46 286 68 283 62 292 45772 43877 65 288 85 276 86 291 43877 42144 89 279 90 267 105 288 42144 40542 93 271 93 269 115 284 40542 39044 89 270 101 272 121 283 39044 37633 86 267 108 272 124 282 37633 36270 83 265 111 271 125 279 36270 34890 81 263 110 270 125 277 34890 33464 78 261 108 268 125 274 33464 31993 75 260 105 267 124 273 31993 30461 74 259 97 264 122 271 30461 28854 76 258 92 263 121 271 28854 27174 76 257 87 260 117 271 27174 25423 76 256 82 260 109 269 25423 23607 77 254 80 263 95 263 23607 21735 75 254 72 265 85 253 21735 19795 69 253 65 266 86 249 19795 17774 61 256 66 264 84 251 17774 15710 58 259 70 262 82 258 15710 13718 56 255 69 258 73 266 13718 11908 55 246 67 253 51 264 11908 10301 54 237 66 246 40 247 10301 8865 54 230 66 240 40 240 8865 7582 54 222 67 232 33 247 7582 6442 53 213 65 223 24 265 6442 5430 51 204 61 214 22 273 5430 4535 46 193 55 209 24 271 4535 3742 40 180 50 208 27 266 3742 3032 35 175 46 206 27 263 3032 2405 29 169 41 204 26 264 2405 1881 23 160 33 198 23*264 1881 1479 16 153 27 194 21*264 1479 1202 11*143 23 192 19 264 1202 1034 9*137 19 191 16 264 1034 938 6 128 14*191 11 264 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography